Missing DocViewer for Students to use in Peer Review

Based on the student instructions here {How do I submit a peer review to an assignment} students should be able to leave annotated feedback in the DocViewer but this function is missing.

I've logged in as an external user (like a student) and have confirmed that the highlighted portion in the screenshot is missing.

Could someone shed some light? Or does the instructions for students on the link above require updating?

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Chris

Hi @ymsoh,

If the assignment a file upload submission type? The annotations will generally only be available for file uploads, not text or other submission types, so I wanted to confirm that before going through other thoughts. Let us know about this so we can give some advice and figure out the best path forward.

-Chris

ymsoh

Hi Chris,

Yes, it was a file upload submission type. I used an external account (like a student), and tested it by uploading a word doc. And the DocViewer ribbon is missing.

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